Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

participated in the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place in the Belaru ...

which took place in

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, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Belarusian entry for the 2018 contest was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster

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. It saw ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public vote.

Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Belarus had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in . Belarus have taken part in every edition of the contest since 2003, and have won the contest twice: in with

Ksenia Sitnik Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik, translit. ''Ksienija Michajlaŭna Sitnik''; russian: Ксения Михайловна Ситник, translit. ''Kseniya Mikhaylovna Sitnik'' (born 15 May 1995), sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xen ...

performing the song "

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"; and again in with

Alexey Zhigalkovich Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigalkovich ( be, Аляксей Аляксандравіч Жыгалковіч; born 18 April 1996 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more t ...

performing the entry " S druz'yami". The country previously hosted the contest in

and will host for a second year in 2018. In

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, Helena Meraai represented Belarus in

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, Georgia with the song "I Am the One". It ended in 5th place with 149 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

The national final took place on 31 August 2018 at the "600 Metrov" studio in Minsk. It was mainly hosted by Olga Ryzhikova and 2014 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Teo, while

Helena Meraai Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November 2017. The Belarusian entry for the 2017 contest in Tbilisi, Georgia was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusi ...

and

Ruslan Aslanov Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Volshebstvo (Magic)" written by Vitaliy Kurovskiy, Ruslan Aslanov. The song was performed by Ruslan Aslanov. The Belarusian entry for the 2015 contest in Sofia, Bulgari ...

were hosts in the green room. Ten competing acts participated in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of a jury made up of music professionals. The members of the jury were Nataliya Tamelo, Tatyana Parhamovitch, Olga Salamakha,

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, Aleks David, Igor Melnikov and Olga Vronskaya.

Artist and song information

Daniel Yastremski

Daniel Aleks Yastremski (born 12 February 2004 in Cincinnati) is an American-born Belarusian singer. He represented Belarus at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Time", finishing eleventh. Daniel Yastremski was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 12 February 2004. He moved to Minsk as a small child and has been taking part in music lessons since he was six years old. Since then he has taken part in numerous competitions and represented Belarus at New Wave Junior in 2017.

Time

"Time" is a song by Belarusian singer Daniel Yastremski. It represented Belarus at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song placed 11th with 114 points.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Belarus was drawn to perform eighth on 25 November 2018, following Azerbaijan and preceding Ireland.

Voting

Detailed voting results

References

{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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